These candidates lost badly, but now are claiming fraud
Former President Trump's influence is growing — with fringe candidates, who are refusing to admit defeat even after they've been trounced.
When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp overwhelmingly won the Republican primary in Georgia on May 24, his chief opponent former Sen. David Perdue was quick to admit it was over.
"Everything I said about Brian Kemp was true, but here's the other thing I said was true: he is a much better choice than Stacey Abrams," he said shortly after polls closed, referring to the matchup this fall between Kemp and Democrat Abrams. "And so we are going to get behind our governor."
But another one of his opponents felt something was off.
"I want y'all to know that posted to social media. "I do not. And if the people who did this and cheated are watching, I do not concede."
